HeckFeck

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   by HeckFeck 3y ago

   Happy birthday! Wouldn't reach for anything else when I need predictability and stability on my system. Here's to forever!
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   by HeckFeck 3y ago

   Interesting that they were called "releases" back then. I wonder when it became a "distribution"? Was that word only used by BSD back then?
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   by HeckFeck 3y ago

   A bit like how we discovered sticky keys from hammering 'Shift' while playing full screen games on Windows 98. Cost me more than a few lives...
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   by HeckFeck 3y ago

   > NOT in a "tour of new features" wizard spammed Oh man, if there's any way to guarantee I won't notice your features, that's it. Please also freeze half the app and jump your wizard modal around the screen so I
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   by HeckFeck 3y ago

   I love that style; takes me back to my youth. I still have a translucent blue extension lead from that era, and it's currently used for my home A/V. That marks over 20 years of service. I also remember Nintendo 64s and their contr
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   by HeckFeck 3y ago

   A deliberate appeal to the tastes of hackers?
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   by HeckFeck 3y ago

   Quite. There is something deeply appealing in making the law much more immediate and accessible to the commons. The labyrinthine system we have today makes me wonder how many people don't bother even when there are genuine disputes and
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   by HeckFeck 3y ago

   Do they need telemetry to know this? I could ask around, but I don't think anyone exists who doesn't game and also watch video on the same system. Should Creative also track my listening habits, to determine whether soundcard de
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   The Lion and the Fox, or the travails of mobile browsing and privacy(thran.uk)

   2 points by HeckFeck 3y ago|0 comments
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    Now do Chrome on FirefoxOS.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    You could say: bandwidth that burninates.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    True. We should want to capture the agency, the malicious choices that drive it.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    Call me cantankerous but I'd rather UI paradigms were frozen in this era. And it's 90s, not 70s ;)
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    Entropy?
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    Read receipts plus typing indicators... too much information! It applies heavy pressure and behind that is the motive to monetise attention. Snapchat is the worst for this; it notifies your recipient once you start typing.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    Was IRC ever used privately and internally within the workplace? I'd like to know if anyone did. I only ever used it briefly with forum communities and some older OSS projects. At work, it has only ever been Slack. Some older employees
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    I wish it would affect the rest of the world, so everyone else could at least give our government a well-deserved kicking. I've not checked but I would be doubtful that Sir Keir's Labour will reverse this dreadful bill, but if the
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    Incompetence is easier to swallow than evil. Our leaders aren't stupid. They know what they are doing.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    A few columnists have noted this. Institutions like the police, parliament and the BBC are coasting on their previously-earned reputations. I think the ornate Palace of Westminster gives the political class too much cover, and if they moved
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    I’d just ask that external observers try to understand the Protestant and Unionist side too. They are often maligned in a simplistic ‘good vs evil’ narrative. You’d be surprised by their hospitality and industry. I’’d never deny that there
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    If that’s really the case then that’s extremely regrettable. Again I’d need hard evidence to be convinced, but I’m not going to except theft even for a cultural occasion. They should be raising the money voluntarily and collecting donations
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    There isn’t any evidence in this article, just hearsay. I think if someone was driving a van out of a yard with dozens of palettes it would be noticed. And for them being red and blue, I think it is obvious why those colours would be purcha
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    The key word was ‘historically’, when relating to the likes of James or Bloody Mary. Lots of people feel deeply connected to their history and struggle, why should Northern Protestants be deprived of theirs? The Pope had something more powe
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    I'd be interested to hear how this suggestion of yours might scale. I can think of many other things that affect the atmosphere a thousandfold compared to a few bonfires, likely including activities you might enjoy and I might not.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    I think someone would notice if several thousand pallets were being stolen from his business.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    Historically the Catholic church and Cathloc monarchs did make claims and undertook actions that threatened the security and freedom of Protestants, and the Irish Republic made claims over the North that Protestants saw as a threat, so the
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    If the locals wish to spend their resources in this way, that's for them to decide, not you. It isn't a waste if it is valued by someone who pays for it.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    I wonder how those ‘use GNU IceCat’ conversations went, if they ever happened.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qImHuiYnVQ0 So great it inspired a song.
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    by HeckFeck 3y ago

    I'm sure this coin will just soar in value and be really different from the thousands of others and achieve world adoption. Buy in now lest ye be consumed with FOMO.